Seminar Series 2025/2026

The Department invites scholars in Biology to present their research on most Thursdays throughout the academic year. The seminars are followed by a Q&A session.

Join us Thursdays 12:30-1:45 PM, at Regents 239.

Fall 2025

Dr. Andrew Gillis MBL - Marine Biological Laboratory 

September 4, 2025

Dr. Andrew Gillis
Associate Scientist, Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution, Marine Biological Laboratory
Director of Graduate Studies, MBL-University of Chicago PhD Graduate Program
MBL – Marine Biological Laboratory
Talk Title: “VIRTUAL – evo devo  of cartilaginous fish”
Host: Elena Silva

Dr. Sara Carioscia Johns Hopkins University

September 11, 2025

Dr. Sara Carioscia
Johns Hopkins University

Talk Title: “TBD”
Host: Manus Patten

peggy Cotter

September 18th, 2025

Dr. Peggy Cotter
Professor
UNC Chapel Hill
Talk Title: “TBD”
Host: Tiffany Zarrella

philipadams

October 2, 2025

Dr. Philip Adams
Chief, Biology of Spirochetes Unit
Stadtman Tenure-Track Investigator
NIH Distinguished Scholar
NIH/NIAID
Talk Title: “TBD”.
Host: ASM Student/Postdoc Chapter

October 9, 2025

Dr. Julie Siegenthaler
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics Section of Developmental Biology
University of Colorado
Talk Title: “TBD”
Host: BOGS_Zeeba

Wei Yang

October 16, 2025

Dr. Wei Yang
Postdoctoral Associate
Stony Brook University
Talk Title
: “TBD”
Host: Haiyan He

Brandon Weissbourd

October 23, 2025

Dr. Brandon Weissbourd
Assistant Professor
MIT
Talk Title: “TBD”
Host: Isaac Cervantes-Sandoval

November 6, 2025

Dr. Melissa McCormick
Principal Investigator, Senior Scientist
SERC
Talk Title
: “TBD”
Host: Martha Weiss

Evan Economo

November 13, 2025

Dr. Evan Economo
Gahan Professor & Department Chair of Entomology
University of Maryland, College Park
Talk Title: “TBD”
Host: Shweta Bansal

November 20, 2024

Dr. Laura Lewis
President’s Postdoctoral Fellow
UC Berkley
Talk Title: “TBD”
Host: BOGS-Peter Kann

Spring 2026

TBD